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11. Click Next. 12. In the Company information window, type your business information if necessary. 13. Personalize your server and your network by typing the server name and internal domain name, and then click Next. 14. Add a network administrator account by typing a name and a password, and then click Next. A window opens, displaying your settings. 15. Review your settings and click Next. 16. When the Expanding and installing files window opens, the server will restart. The server will restart multiple times and the process can take 30 minutes or longer. When a window opens notifying you that the installation is successful, the installation completes. Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system. Notes: • Ensure that you have prepared all the required items before installing an operating system. See "Before installing an operating system" on page 1. • Follow the instructions on the screen in addition to the instructions in this topic. To install a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system, do the following: 1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device. Then, start the server from the optical drive. 2. When the message Press any key to boot from cd or dvd... is displayed, press any key. The message Windows is loading files... is displayed, and installation files will be copied from the setup DVD to your server. This process takes several minutes. 3. In the Windows Small Business Server 2011 window, click New installation. 4. When all hard disk drives available on the server are displayed, click Install. After that, the server will restart. Notes: • If you click Install, all files and folders on your primary hard disk drive will be deleted. • If no hard disk drives are displayed, this indicates that you do not have a device driver installed. To install a device driver, click Load drivers. 5. The installation process will continue after the server restarts. 6. A message A network device driver was not found might be displayed, indicating that you do not have the device driver installed. To install the device driver, click Install network drivers. After that, the server will restart. 7. In the Set Up Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials window, configure the following options as you need and then click Next. • Country or region • Time and currency • Keyboard layout 8. Verify the date and time settings by clicking Change system date and time settings and then set your date and time. 8

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11. Click
Next
.
12. In the Company information window, type your business information if necessary.
13. Personalize your server and your network by typing the server name and internal domain name, and
then click
Next
.
14. Add a network administrator account by typing a name and a password, and then click
Next
. A window
opens, displaying your settings.
15. Review your settings and click
Next
.
16. When the Expanding and installing files window opens, the server will restart. The server will restart
multiple times and the process can take 30 minutes or longer. When a window opens notifying you that
the installation is successful, the installation completes.
Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials
operating system
This topic provides instructions on how to install a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011
Essentials operating system.
Notes:
• Ensure that you have prepared all the required items before installing an operating system. See “Before
installing an operating system” on page 1.
• Follow the instructions on the screen in addition to the instructions in this topic.
To install a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system, do the following:
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
2. When the message
Press any key to boot from cd or dvd...
is displayed, press any key. The message
Windows is loading files...
is displayed, and installation files will be copied from the setup DVD to your
server. This process takes several minutes.
3. In the Windows Small Business Server 2011 window, click
New installation
.
4. When all hard disk drives available on the server are displayed, click
Install
. After that, the server
will restart.
Notes:
• If you click
Install
, all files and folders on your primary hard disk drive will be deleted.
• If no hard disk drives are displayed, this indicates that you do not have a device driver installed.
To install a device driver, click
Load drivers
.
5. The installation process will continue after the server restarts.
6. A message
A network device driver was not found
might be displayed, indicating that you do not
have the device driver installed. To install the device driver, click
Install network drivers
. After that,
the server will restart.
7. In the Set Up Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials window, configure the following options
as you need and then click
Next
.
Country or region
Time and currency
Keyboard layout
8. Verify the date and time settings by clicking
Change system date and time settings
and then set
your date and time.
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